Bus bar module
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsShigeyuki OGASAWARA, Shinichi YANAGIHARA
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Abstract
A bus bar module includes: a plurality of bus bar cases each housing a bus bar; a first engagement portion provided to one of the plurality of bus bar cases; a first connecting member having flexibility and connecting the plurality of bus bar cases; a plurality of insulating covers covering openings of the plurality of bus bar cases, the insulating covers including a second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion; a second connecting member having flexibility and connecting the plurality of insulating covers; and a pair of ribs provided to extend downward from an inner surface of each of the insulating covers located adjacent to each other.
Claims3
A bus bar module comprising:
- a plurality of bus bar cases made of a resin, each bus bar case configured to house a bus bar to connect a positive electrode of a battery cell and a negative electrode of an adjacent battery cell among battery cells arrayed such that the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes of the battery cells are arranged alternately;
- a first engagement portion provided to one of the plurality of bus bar cases;
- a first connecting member having flexibility and configured to connect the plurality of bus bar cases;
- a plurality of insulating covers made of a resin, the insulating covers configured to cover openings of the plurality of bus bar cases and including a second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion;
- a second connecting member having flexibility and configured to connect the plurality of insulating covers;
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- a pair of ribs provided to extend downward from an inner surface of each of the insulating covers located adjacent to each other while interposing the second connecting member in between, the pair of ribs configured to be in contact respectively with inner surfaces of paired walls of the corresponding bus bar case, the walls extending in a direction of arrangement of the bus bar cases and facing each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.